Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9 "All three of you fellas wear these Band- Aids?" Officer Fallon asked Jud. Jud nodded. "Working on Tyrone, we were always nicking our fingers," he said. "So I bought a box of Band-Aids, and we all keep a few in our pocket." Officer Fallon glanced at the duffel bag. "Who handled that bag last?"

第九章“你们三个人都带着创可贴吗?”法伦警官问贾德。 Jud点点头。“开发Tyrone时，我们总是在抠手指，”他说。 “所以我买了一盒创可贴，我们每个人的口袋里都有一些。” 法伦警官瞥了一眼行李袋。 “最后是谁拿的那个包?”

"I'm the only one who ever put the money in the bag," Jud said. "I must've been wearing a Band-Aid, and it slipped off my finger when I stuck the bag in the compartment." "Or the Band-Aid could have fallen off the thief's finger when he stole the bag," Officer Fallon said. "Whoever it was." He gave Jud a close look. Jud thought for a moment before he spoke. "I know it looks like one of us stole the money," he said. "But I sure didn't take it, and I can't believe Dean or Scoop would, either!" "Could the robber be someone else?" Dink asked. "But who?" Officer Fallon said. "Jud, you told me only you and Dean have keys to your dinosaur." "That's right," Jud said. "But Dean is my best friend!"

“我是唯一一个把钱放进袋子里的人，”贾德说。 “我一定是贴了创可贴，当我把袋子塞进车厢时，创可贴从手指上滑落了。” “或者创可贴可能是小偷偷包时从手指上掉下来的，”法伦说。 “不管是谁。”他仔细地看了裘德一眼。 裘德想了一会儿才开口。 “我知道看起来像是我们中的一个人偷了钱，”他说。 “但我肯定没有拿，我也不相信迪恩和Scoop会拿!”“强盗会是别人吗?”丁克问道。 “但谁?”法伦警官说。 “贾德，你说过只有你和迪恩有你那只恐龙的钥匙。” “没错，”裘德说。“但迪恩是我最好的朋友!”

Officer Fallon slipped the baggie and his pen into a pocket. "Between Scoop Raker and Dean Whitefeather, who had more opportunity to get at that duffel bag?" he asked Jud. Jud looked at his feet. "Dean, I guess," he mumbled. "He slept next to Tyrone last night." Officer Fallon put his hand on Jud's shoulder. "I want you to wait in my office while I get Dean," he said. "Do you think he's still at the fireworks?" "I guess," Jud said. "Meanwhile, I'll put this money in our safe," Officer Fallon went on. "I'll see you at the station in a few minutes." Looking embarrassed, Jud turned and headed toward Main Street. In a few seconds, he had disappeared in the darkness. Officer Fallon looked at Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. "Your parents might be missing you by now," he said. "I'll take you back, okay?" Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose followed Officer Fallon to his cruiser and climbed into the backseat. Officer Fallon drove them to Main Street. Colorful fireworks were still lighting the skies over the town swimming pool. Officer Fallon

法伦警官把袋子和笔塞进口袋。 “在Scoop Raker和Dean Whitefeather之间，谁更有机会拿到那个行李袋?”他问贾德。 裘德看了看自己的脚。“我想是迪安吧。”他咕哝道。 “他昨晚睡在泰龙旁边。” 法伦警官把手放在朱迪的肩膀上。 “我要你在我办公室等着，我去找迪安，”他说。 “你觉得他还在看烟花吗?”“我想是吧。” “与此同时，我会把这笔钱放在我们的保险箱里，”法伦警官继续说。 “几分钟后我在车站见你。” 裘德显得很尴尬，转身朝主街走去。 几秒钟后，他就消失在黑暗中了。 法伦警官看了看丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯。 “你的父母现在可能正在想你，”他说。 “我带你回去，好吗?”丁克、乔希和露丝·罗斯跟着法伦警官来到他的巡逻车前，爬上了后座。 法伦警官开车把他们送到主街。 五颜六色的烟花仍然照亮了镇上游泳池的天空。 官法伦

parked between the tennis courts and the baseball field. The kids watched him walk toward the baseball field fence; then they went to find their parents. "There you are!" Dink's mother said. "We thought you'd been abducted by aliens!" Looking at his watch, Dink realized they'd been gone nearly half an hour. The kids sat where they could watch Officer Fallon. He walked over to Dean, and the two men stood talking for a minute. Then Officer Fallon led Dean to his cruiser. The car pulled onto Main Street and disappeared. "I can't believe Jud's friend robbed him," Ruth Rose said. Josh lay back on the grass. "I wonder what will happen to Tyrone now," he said. "I guess Jud and Scoop will hire someone to take Dean's place," Dink said. "Where is Scoop?" Ruth Rose asked.

停在网球场和棒球场之间。 孩子们看着他走向棒球场的栅栏;然后他们去找他们的父母。 “你在这儿!”丁克的妈妈说。 “我们还以为你被外星人绑架了呢!”丁克看了看表，意识到他们已经走了将近半个小时了。 孩子们坐在可以看着法伦警官的地方。 他走向迪安，两人站在那里聊了一会儿。 然后，法伦警官把迪安带到他的巡逻车前。 汽车停在主街上消失了。 “我不敢相信贾德的朋友抢劫了他，”露丝·罗斯说。 乔希躺在草地上。 “我不知道蒂龙现在会怎么样，”他说。 “我猜贾德和斯库普会雇一个人来接替迪恩的位置，”丁克说。 “Scoop在哪儿?”露丝·罗斯问。

"Wasn't he by the fence with Dean?" Dink asked. "No," Josh said. "Only Dean was there. Maybe Scoop went back to the hotel. He said he didn't get much sleep last night because of the storm." Dink remembered the storm raging outside his window last night. He thought about Dean waking up in the rain and dashing for the truck. In his mind, he saw those muddy footprints on the shed floor. And that morning, Scoop's wet sneakers hanging from his car antenna. "Guys, I think everyone's wrong about Dean!" Dink said suddenly. "I think Scoop stole the money, and I think he hid it in the garden shed!" "But he didn't have a key," Josh said. "I think Scoop knew that Dean wouldn't sleep outside once it started to rain. Dean moved into the truck cab to stay dry, and that's when Scoop got inside Tyrone."

“他不是和迪安在篱笆旁边吗?”丁克问道。 “不，”乔希说。只有迪安在那里。 也许Scoop回酒店了。 他说他昨晚因为暴风雨没睡多少觉。” 丁克记得昨晚窗外的暴风雨。 他想到了迪安在雨中醒来，冲向卡车的情景。 在他的脑海里，他看到了棚子地板上那些泥泞的脚印。 那天早上，Scoop的湿球鞋挂在他的汽车天线上。 “伙计们，我觉得大家对迪恩的看法都错了!”丁克突然说。 “我认为是Scoop偷了钱，我认为他把钱藏在了花园的棚子里!”“但他没有钥匙，”乔希说。 “我想Scoop知道一旦开始下雨Dean是不会在外面睡觉的。 迪安躲进了卡车驾驶室里以免被淋湿，就在那时，Scoop进入了Tyrone的身体。”

"How? Scoop didn't have a key" Josh said again. "Somehow, Scoop must have taken Jud's key while Jud was asleep," Dink said. "Scoop stole the duffel bag, hid it in the shed, then ran back to the hotel. He must have planned to return to the shed later to get the money." Suddenly Ruth Rose gasped. "Maybe that's where Scoop is now!" she said. "He could sneak away, like we did!" "Come on!" Dink said. The kids zipped past the Mystic Greenhouse, cut behind the Book Nook, and raced toward the rose garden. Out of breath, they crouched behind some rosebushes ten yards from the shed. A light flickered through the open door. "Someone's inside!" Josh hissed. The three kids crept close enough to see inside the shed. They saw a dark-haired figure kneeling in front of the stack of burlap bags. When the man stood up, they knew it was Scoop Raker. "What should we do?" Ruth Rose whispered. "The screwdriver is there," Josh said. "I'm gonna lock him in!" "No!" Dink said. "Let's go get Officer Fallon!"

“如何?“Scoop没有钥匙。”乔希又说。 “一定是在裘德睡着的时候，Scoop拿走了他的钥匙，”丁克说。 “Scoop偷了行李袋，把它藏在小屋里，然后跑回酒店。 他一定计划过一会儿再回到小屋去拿钱。” 露丝·罗斯突然倒吸了一口气。 “也许Scoop现在就在那里!”她说。 “他可以像我们一样偷偷溜走!”“来吧!”丁克说。 孩子们飞快地穿过神秘温室，从书角后面抄近道，奔向玫瑰园。 他们上气不接下气地蹲在离棚屋十码远的玫瑰花丛后面。 一道光从敞开的门里闪烁出来。 “里面有人!”Josh发出嘘嘘的声音。 三个孩子蹑手蹑脚地靠近，可以看到棚子里面。 他们看见一个黑头发的人跪在那堆粗麻袋前。 当那个人站起来时，他们知道是Scoop Raker。 “我们该怎么办?”露丝·罗斯低声说。 “螺丝刀在那儿。”乔希说。 “我要把他锁起来!”“不!”丁克说。 “我们去找法伦警官!”